Procurement Coordinator

• Procurement, Sustainability & Property Services Team (Operations)
• Full time, ongoing position at our Hawthorn campus
• HEW Level 6 salary + 17% superannuation with flexible working options

About the Role 
Are you ready for a rewarding challenge in your career?
Swinburne University, striving to create social and economic impact, is looking for a service-focused and agile coordinator to provide important support to the procurement team and university. Opportunities abound to deliver value, enhance business capability, and support the team to deliver sustainable procurement outcomes that align with university strategy. 

In this exciting role, you will support effective procurement frameworks, governance, systems and training that enables the university to optimise value across the supply chain in a streamlined way. You will provide important analytical support to the procurement team, helping to add commercial value and mitigate risk to Swinburne across the end-to-end procurement cycle. This role will deliver useful insights, reporting and facilitate communication of successes to uplift the procurement function’s profile and provide operational support to the travel program and other procurement operational areas as required.

We are looking for an individual with the drive to identify and deliver improvement initiatives that will support excellent procurement outcomes.  This will require someone who builds strong business relationships across all internal and external stakeholders and provides high quality customer service. The role will also provide support for other procurement or commercial projects to deliver on Swinburne’s Horizon 2025 strategy.

About You  
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities:

• Relevant knowledge, experience and expertise in providing quality analysis and reporting, preferably in a Procurement context.
• Relevant experience in large complex organisations (education sector is preferred).
• Well-developed communication skills, including the ability to interact with and gain commitment from a diversity of stakeholders.
• Project management skills and commitment to meeting timelines.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree qualification, and/or experience in Procurement or Buying (or similar).

About Swinburne University of Technology 

Swinburne Horizon 2025 draws upon our understanding of future challenges. With this new strategic plan, we choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university – one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship, and proud of it. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research, so that:

• Every Swinburne learner gets a work experience
• Every Swinburne graduate gets a job
• Every Swinburne partner gets a tech solution
• Swinburne is the prototype of global best practice

The achievement of our 2025 moon shots depends on our capacity to work collectively, always, as One Swinburne.

To Apply 
Please submit your CV and cover letter addressing your suitability for this position.  

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Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Swinburne Talent Acquisition Team on [email protected] . 

Applications Close: Friday, 18 November 2022 at 5pm. 

Swinburne offers flexible working options, leave and parenting/carer policies to support work life balance.

Equity and Diversity 
Swinburne is a large and culturally diverse organisation and we are proud of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives.  For further information on all our initiatives visit our Equity & Diversity website.

We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates. If you have specific accessibility or support requirements please contact [email protected]

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  

For any support please contact [email protected] or for more information on our Indigenous strategies please follow the link to our RAP Reconciliation Action Plan

We are a 2022 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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